different
Usage
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The adjective different emphasizes separateness and dissimilarity: two different (or differing) versions of the same story. Distinct implies a uniqueness that is clear and unmistakable: plans similar in objective but distinct in method. Diverse, in describing ideas or opinions, suggests degrees of difference that may be at odds or challenging to reconcile: diverse views on how the area should be zoned. Various stresses the multiplicity of sorts or instances of a thing or a class of things: various sorts of seaweed; busy with various duties.
Example Sentences
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The researchers investigated how caffeine consumed at different times of day influences inhibition and impulsivity using fruit flies.
From Science Daily
The way these pulses overlap and interfere depends on their phase, allowing different quantum states to be identified and measured.
From Science Daily
Figures used to calculate this are different to the pure pre-tax loss.
From BBC
The UK government's messaging, while gloomy about the overall situation, is in starkly different place.
From BBC
Nurses interviewed for the report said this often resulted in nurses being paid different amounts for the same work, even within the same facility.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
